Yes, it’s still a few months before you have to strap on the gloves and step into the ring with the IRS again, but you still have some time to create the maximum amount of legal deductions and reduce the tax bite. Here are some to consider:
Adjust your W-4
withholding
If...
What feeling do you have when you hear IRS? Is
there a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach or do you just roll your eyes
knowing that April 15th will be here all too quickly? Throw in the
word audit and emotions and blood pressure can reach levels you never...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin extended the 2019 tax filing date to July
15. As a result, it also extends the
deadline for making a 2019 contribution to your Individual Retirement Account
(IRA) or Roth IRA. You now have until July 15 to make last year’s
contributions....
When the 2017 Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act (TCJA) was passed it changed the rules about deductions for charitable
giving. Under current law the only way to deduct charitable gifts is to itemize
on your tax return. Because of that, giving to charities has fallen
substantially.
In 2018 almost 32 million
Americans made charitable donations....
By Rafael A. Perez, Esq., Partner at McArdle, Perez & Franco P.L. and Chief Compliance Officer at Alhambra Investments
Introduction: Over the past several decades of practicing real estate law I have had many clients, both domestic and foreign, ask me to apply for an extension of a like-kind exchange...
Estate planning. It’s such a noble phrase. It conjures up images of passing on to your loved ones a lifetime of hard work and success—leaving a legacy. But the road to distributing your estate is filled with potholes that may hijack your good intentions.
Pothole # 1. Probate Court.
If you...
The IRA is a great retirement savings vehicle; money grows on a tax-deferred basis and that’s a good thing. Eventually, though, you have to pay the IRS piper when you choose to withdraw funds for retirement or when you’re forced to withdraw the Required Minimum Distribution at age 72.
Let’s...